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Mitsubishi Lancer 2007 and earlier
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p.s. Good job on the price! The Lancer had just come out when I bought mine and the dealer wouldn't budge from sticker. I did at least get the $500 college grad rebate.
As for engine response, my OZ with automatic is definitely peppier now that it has almost 8k on it. It seemed the same power wise as a new 5 speed OZ I recently test drove
Thanks..................
Have you seen the Letter from the Town Hall Manager on the Town Hall Welcome page? If not, you might want to follow that link to have a look.
And hang on to your seats. Change is never easy - for any of us - but resolving the Search problems we've had will be worth the pain.
Pat
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I never really drove a Lancer, but are they that bad?
Short answer: It's far from a bad car. Read the owner's comments in the new car price section and you will see just about everyone loves their Lancer and praises it.
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http://www.apexjapan.com/news/lancer_evo/lancer_evo.html
(uh oh...what have I started?)
On another note, I'm getting close to the 10k mark on my OZ and it's still flawless. No problems whatsoever. Great car. I recently discovered I have an online buddy who works for my local dealer as a mechanic. He said they haven't had any problems with the Lancer so far. That's good to hear! He did say the 95-99 Eclipse RS and GS are troublesome, mostly due to their Chrysler engines.
Congrats on your purchase, and good luck with the car.
And I am seeing more and more Lancers on the roads now. With the deals that Mitsu is providing, no wonder. I mean 0-0-0 and no interest for 5 YEARS? Heck yeah! And, surprisingly, the car I see the most is the yellow OZ Rally Edition.
The Hyundai looks like a Chevy Impala in the front. It's a nice car, but still the styling is pretty bland. I would recommend one of them though, from what I have read on the forums here at Edmunds.
Mitsu needs to wake up though, and offer ABS across the line or standard, and the same with the side airbags. If the Echo can do it, so can the Lancer.
And I never drove a Lancer, but I am curious now. Might just take a test drive for the heck of it.
I have witnessed the same trend. In my town, I also see more yellow OZs then any other color. Black is also popular. Mine is the only silver OZ I have seen. Strange eh? Silver is usually the most popular color. I do agree that Mitsu needs to make side airbags and ABS more readily available.
P.S. Please don't try to compare the Lancer to your turbo Jetta!! The power difference will be very noticeable. However, if you compare it to both of your old Proteges, you should be pleasantly surprised. The Protege's 2.0 engine didn't impress me much. It was a lot rougher, especially at idle, and louder compared to the Lancer. Power with the 5-speed was just about the same as my automatic Lancer. I feel the Lancer has a lot more torque down low and thus feels spunkier off the line. It's a good car, just don't go into the test drive thinking its the barnstormer your Jetta is. At least you will be impressed with the room after living with the cramped Jetta
And with 120hp, I know my VW could blow it away. But also, the Lancer is about $5K less expensive than my VW was.
for that price i could get a elantra GT with alloys, heated mirros, leather, VW gauges, ABS, TCS, moonroof, 2.0l 4cyl with balance shafts and 8 counterweights. plastic thats nice plastic not aluminum look plastic, more room, and a hatch, fogs
or as i did get the GT without abs or TCS, moonroof, take out the standard 100watt cd stereo and add a MP3 deck, swap the 15s for 17s, and still stay under 15k...
nice clean look... devoid of plastic body extensions to make it look wanna be boy racer..(as in corolla which ends up looking fugly in S form imho) not too tall... nice proportions..my pops used to love owning mitsu's (starion esir, diamante LS, cordia, montero 2 door, colt vista)
but the proportions on the lancer front are not as nice as they are on the non us spec lancer...
what impala? no... its a saab...LOL
I test drove the 2003 Lancer: the ride was great and I drove a long steep hill with sharp curves to a small mountain top - excellent ability to climb without having to manually shift the automatic to other gears. The ride back down was sure and confident in handling the decline and curves going back... I actually prefer the horsepower as is to help me avoid speeding too far beyond the speed limit since I love speed and have a heavy foot on the gas pedal. The car is so luxuriously quiet "IMHO".
OZ - not sure if there was supposed to be a significant addition, but I just didn't notice a difference in the ride - it could just be me, but the extras are attractive.
I enjoyed the internal features as mentioned by other town hall members: comfort, space, and styling. I actually like the somewhat rough material to rest the driver's arm. Not much adjustment available though for the seat. Hope to make a decision in the next few days between the Lancer and Corolla CE '03, Mazda Protege, and Honda Civic - in that order.
THE LANCER IS VERY WELL WORTH CONSIDERATION! Now for the dealer with the best price for what I really want - the Lancer.
120 hp, worthless ... 11.9 [sec] 1/4 mile...viper beater? probly not. but it will be darn close. a few hundred $ and it will be.
Really? Gosh, gollie gee! I find men who are strong enough to push the gas pedal all the way to the floor so sexy. Especially when they make me their beneficiary on their life insurance policy before they go out and drive stupidly.
(ahem).
Yeah, right. Please pardon me if I don't get even the slightest bit excited by such an accomplishment. Like fawning over one Neadertholically simple measure of performance and ignoring the total package. Can you say "Forest" and "Trees" and not know the adage I'm referring to? :-)
i will buy the real Lancer EVO VII when it comes out in January.
Good for you.
Can I suggest that you buy it in bright yellow, orange, or red? Afterall, since you're apt to be parked on the shoulder quite often while the police are writing up your tickets, mimicking a giant traffic cone will help enhance highway safety for the rest of us on the roads.
-hh
One example of that is the horsepower game. There's a professional drag racer out there (who's name I forget) who's famous for his statement on the subject. Its underlying message is that its dumb to go buy a 500HP machine when the driver can't even make 50HP go fast.
Okay, I'll be generous: let's start with the 55 horsepower in the 1979 model. Here's the chariot:
Question now is: in stock form, how fast can you make this car go?
-hh
Yup. Its 1.2l I4 engine originally came from their motorcycle line.
Mods are extremely easy to do to the car, the aftermarket is huge.
It was a simple car, although I doubt you'll find many aftermarket options for it today, considering that this engine/bodystyle ended production 23 years ago.
The same with Acura and VW. But take a car like a Kia, for example. You can't really do any mods to the car (not readily available) to give it more power, better handling, etc., because the stuff is simply not available for the car.
Fair enough point, if your intention is to modify. That simply doesn't apply to me anymore, due to a severe shortage of discretionary free time that can be spent in the garage (unless its to grab tools to repair something inside the house!).
It does seem that you hit a certain age where car "performance" in the enthusiast sense takes a back seat to having a car that's rock solid reliable to go to work. Question for the Lancer is how well it can meet some peoples' desire to be both fun and reliable, or is it going to be competing to be yet another "Appliance" car that Honda/Toyota excels at.
-hh